Proprietors of Shapleigh v. Pilsbury
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
ENTRY sur disseisin, wherein the demandants count upon their own seisin within thirty years, of the lots numbered eleven and twelve, in the first range, and eleven in the second range of lots in the town of Shapleigh, lying within the limits of the East parish in said town ⅛ and a disseisin by the tenant. It was tried upon the general issue.
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ENTRY sur disseisin, wherein the demandants count upon their own seisin within thirty years, of the lots numbered eleven and twelve, in the first range, and eleven in the second range of lots in the town of Shapleigh, lying within the limits of the East parish in said town ⅛ and a disseisin by the tenant. It was tried upon the general issue. The demandants proved that at a meeting of the proprietors of Shapleigh November 22, 1773, a plan of the general tract composing the town was returned and accepted : and that at a subsequent meeting September 8,1780 they passed the following votes, viz.…
1Opinion of the Court
Mellen C. J.
now delivered the opinion of the Court, as follows.
In those cases respecting grants or donations of lands to the use of the ministry, to which we have been referred in the argument, or to which our researches have extended, the question has been between persons or corporations claiming under such grant or donation, and third persons, strangers thereto. In no instance have we found the action brought by the original grantors with a view of reclaiming the estate, or regaining and holding the possession of it, on the ground that the fee did not pass by the grant or instrument…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The Town of Pawlet v. D. CLARK & OTHERSSupreme Court of the United States · 1815
- Brown v. PorterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813
- Wolcot v. KnightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
- Weston v. HuntMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
3Cited by3 opinions
- Huckabee v. MaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1848
- Card v. NickersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1954
- Opinion of the Justices of Supreme Judicial CourtSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973